Shak.
7. To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds
milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or
containing power for.
Broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Jer. ii. 13.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold.
Shak.
8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or
privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught.